Cameroon vs Chad

Cameroon vs Chad: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 40.5% of GDP in Cameroon and 33.3% of GDP in Chad, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 7.2 percentage points, or 1.22 times that in Chad.

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% of GDP · IMF

Cameroon vs Chad: Government debtGovernment debt in 2025: 40.5% of GDP in Cameroon and 33.3% of GDP in Chad, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 7.2 percentage points, or 1.22 times that in Chad.
CameroonChadIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Cameroon has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Chad.
  • In 2025, Cameroon ranked 102 and Chad ranked 121 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Cameroon at 34.3% of GDP and Chad at 24.8% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

YearCameroonChad
202540.533.3
202443.431.4
202343.632.2
202245.632.1
202147.241.7
202044.941.6
201941.638.4
201838.333.8
201736.539.1
201632.140.2
201531.631.3
201420.729.4
201317.522.3
201214.920
201115.922.3
20101422.9
200911.323.9
200811.215.7
200713.817.6
200618.420.1
200543.822
200451.725.2
200351.534.4
200256.642
200162.243.5
200075.952.4
199968.444.7
199867.8–
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCameroonChad
202640.131.1
202739.129.6
202838.128.6
202936.827.3
203035.225.9
203134.324.8

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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